Nintendo Bans Hacked 3DS Systems and Online Users Fight Back

Hacked 3DS Systems Are “Targets”

Reports of jail-broken Nintendo 3DS systems are nothing new. The percentage of 3DS users with hacked systems is larger than imagined. This is why it came as a shock for many when Nintendo suddenly put their virtual foot down and tied up loose ends. Forums such as reddit and 4chan are in hysteria, trying to figure out a way around the ban hammer.

Nintendo came out with a public statement on the matter:

“As a result of a number of users making unauthorized system modifications, playing unauthorized versions of one or more games and/or connecting to the game servers in violation of our terms of service, Nintendo has banned those users’ systems from accessing its online network, effective immediately.”

If a system is blacklisted, the user will see an error message claiming the device’s access to online services has been “restricted”. Despite this, several users confirm that their hacked systems are not banned. The online community is in turmoil trying to find correlation between the bans. Polls are being created to decipher the settings of those banned and not. Users are desperate to make a connection.

The ban on the 3DS is only for online services. However, several users have reported the online services reaching as far as Netflix and Hulu. An anonymous user on reddit posts in anger,

“Netflix is also banned, as are Hulu and any other online service, per conversation with Ninty’s support. I would advise everyone contact Ninty, floor their phone lines with support calls. They say they cannot reverse the ban for legit consoles even, like my kids that have no pirated games on them…”

The internet is home to terrifying intelligence. It won’t be long until the community has come up with a “fix” to Nintendo’s swift ban hammer flood.